Open Sources And Technical Topics How to find

Open Sources And Technical Topics: How to find ‘em, how to use ‘em By Kristan J. Wheaton 7 JUL 2009

MCIIS Overview v 17 Years v 350+ Student-Analysts (Resident) v 90+ Graduate Certificate Students v 8 Full-time Faculty, Countless Adjuncts v Graduates Working In All Three Disciplines… v …And Internationally Old Main 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 2 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

MCIIS Overview v Liberal Arts Core v Real World Project-based Intel Classes v Computer Labs With Broadband Internet/Intel Software v Full Academic And Intelligence Libraries v Full Production Facilities v MCIIS Press Intelligence Studies Building 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 3 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

MCIIS Overview College MCIIS DIS R/IAP AI Wheaton National Security Intelligence Law Enforcement Intelligence Graduate Cert. Program 7 JUL 09 CIRAT Business Intelligence Slide 4 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

What Are Open Sources? Non-classified sources ò From peer-reviewed journals to blogs ò From unpublished papers to Facebook Typically, a messy, heaping pile of unstructured data 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 5 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

Why Use Open Sources? Context! ò Tech info in context allows more accurate forecasting ò Forecasting permits DMs to plan, allocate resources more effectively 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 6 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

Thinking About Collection 1. What do I need to know? 2. Find it. v Complications v v v 7 JUL 09 Goals and purpose vs. collection approach Collection history/future Source complications Multiple taskings Ethics Wheaton Slide 7 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

Search Strategy v. Assume it is online v. What do I know already? v. Start with higher order sources v. What am I looking for? v. Right search terms are key • Start with the obvious. • Use multiple search terms • Think in terms of “unique” words – hotels Maui vs. tropical island hotels 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 8 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

Search Strategy v Where is it likely to be? v. News article? – Google News v. Map – Googlearth, Whirlwind, Liveearth v. Other image? – Google Image, Flickr v. Video? -- Blinkx, You. Tube v. Finished document? --. edu, . gov v. POG (plain ‘ol Google) only the best choice if: • Pretty sure what you are looking for • Pretty sure it will be on top of the pile 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 9 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

Google Vs. Other Search Engines v Google vs. Yahoo • http: //www. langreiter. com/exec/yahoo-vs-google. html v Dogpile • http: //www. dogpile. com/ v Kartoo • http: //www. kartoo. com/ v List Of Search Engines • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/List_of_search_engines 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 10 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

Search For File Types v. Limit Your Search To Certain File Types vfiletype: doc v. Works For All File Types v. Advanced Search Drop down menu 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 11 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

Site And Domain Searches v Google searches within one specific website with the word "site" and a colon followed by site v. Athletics site: www. mercyhurst. edu (No space between the : and the website address. v Advanced Search v. Domain search v Why? v. Good for finished documents, certain sources 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 12 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

Translation v. Foreign Language Website issues v. Search for pages in a particular language. v. Has a translation tool for captured text. v. To English 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 13 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

The “Deep Web” v“Deep (or Invisible) Web” – content in databases or not available via normal search techniques. 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 14 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

Some Deep Web Resources v Library Of Congress v http: //www. loc. gov v SIPRI FIRST v http: //first. sipri. org/ v Transparency International v http: //www. transparency. org/ v World Bank ‘Doing Business’ v http: //www. doingbusiness. org/ v Relief. Web v http: //www. reliefweb. int/rw/dbc. nsf/doc 100? Open. Form v NIC Wiki On Disease v https: //Nie. wikispaces. com v EIA v http: //www. eia. doe. gov/ 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 15 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

Case Study: Biometrics In Jordan 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 16 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

Case Study: Biometrics In Jordan 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 17 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

Case Study: Biometrics In Jordan 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 18 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

Case Study: Biometrics In Jordan 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 19 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

Case Study: Biometrics In Jordan 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 20 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

Case Study: Biometrics In Jordan 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 21 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

Case Study: Biometrics In Jordan 7 JUL 09 Wheaton Slide 22 Mercyhurst College Institute For Intelligence Studies (MCIIS)

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